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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Sufi", written by Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, and Özkan Uğur, and performed by themselves under their stage name MFÖ. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. MFÖ had already represented Turkey at the 1985 contest.
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Before Eurovision
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12. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The national final featured songs written by seventeen composers directly invited by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). However, Attila Özdemiroğlu, one of the invited composers, did not submit a song for unknown reasons.
The final took place on 13 February 1988 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Canan Kumbasar. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury selected "Sufi" performed by MFÖ as the winner.
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On the night of the contest MFÖ performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands. At the close of the voting Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth.[1] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.[2][3]
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